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Click Image or Pop Window?To Find A Golden Pony by Amanda Gavin [Clodagh Micaela Gibson Jarvie] (£276.00)Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons — 1965Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners with corresponding grazing to the dustwrapper. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight. A pleasant copy of an uncommon title. Description: From the cover: “This is a pony book with a difference. It deals sensitively with a young girl’s companionship with animals, and how she learns to manage them while at the same time developing self-reliance during a period of delicate readjustment. Jo Garrett is five when her mother dies, and her father wisely sends her away from his Suffolk farm to live with cousins in Sussex. So, until she is ten, she comes under the spell of ponies, caring for them as well as riding them. She then returns to the farm, and her father is pleased to notice what a self-confident child she has become, with definite ideas of her own as to what she wants from life. Jo’s personality is also contrasted with all the others in the story — both human and animal — who come fully alive as individuals in this entertaining account of country life. Finally, Jo’s slow adjustment to the idea of her father’s remarriage is described with understanding and insight..”Notes: Jacket designed by Elisabeth Grant. Illustrated by Elisabeth Grant. Size: 7¾" x 5". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 176 pages. Tags: action activity adolescent adult adventure adventurers agination american anglo animals authors beasts bestseller books bookshelf british brothers child childish children children’s childrens christian classic classics curriculum education enduring english escapade exciting exploit fairy-tale family famous fantasy fiction forces historical history hunter imaginary invented journey joy junior juvenile kid kingdom language legend literary literature made-up magic magical minor modern mystical narrative national novels people period person places plays pleasure pre-school pretend quality readers reading realism science short stories story storyline syllabus tale talking teen teenagers toddler voyage works writing written young younger youngster youngsters youth youthful P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Rape of Greece: The King, the Colonels and the Resistance by Peter Murtagh (£129.00)Publisher: London, Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Toronto: Simon & Schuster — 1994Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0671710389]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Pages gently age-tanned with light spotting to the blanks and pastedowns. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs;

From the cover: “IN the early hours of 21 April 1967, Greece, the birthplace of democracy, became the home of the most repressive military dictatorship seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War. A junta of army colonels espousing extreme right-wing views seized power, outlawed political parties and began a seven-year reign of terror.

The Rape of Greece is about democracy betrayed. In laying bare the atrocities of the colonels’ regime, it reveals how this small European country became a pawn in the Cold War ideological battleground, and how agents of the Central Intelligence Agency sought to control Greek politics through their infiltration of the Greek royal family and armed forces.

But The Rape of Greece is also about people fighting back and ultimately winning. When the tanks of the neo-fascist junta rolled through the streets of Athens in 1967, resistance was not far behind. Here is the story of one resistance group, Democratic Defence, its leaders under siege in Athens and their foreign helpers. In the face of a brutal dictatorship that tortured its victims at will, this motley group of men and women — from England, France, Germany, Scandinavia and America — tirelessly smuggled resistance activists out of Greece and bombs and propaganda in. Their astonishing story of bravery and commitment, failures and triumphs, appears here for the first time in print.

From the cover: “Where does the Protestant work ethic come from? And how did America achieve such dominance in management for so long?

The Puritan Gift traces the origins and characteristics of an American managerial culture which, over the course of three centuries, turned a handful of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It argues that the energy, social mobility, competitiveness and capacity for innovation, all of which lie at the heart of that culture, have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America’s first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans. Drawing lessons from their own extensive experience, the authors warn that, as America distances itself from the core values which underlay its commercial and economic success during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it puts its own future prosperity and security at risk.

The book also explores how American managerial culture has spread throughout the world. In particular it examines the impact of the US occupation of Japan on the social and manufacturing mores of that country and explains how America’s inherited style of management interacted with Japanese traditions.

This is an original exploration of the dramatic and far-reaching consequences of the Puritans’ ‘gift’ to America — the ethos which produced the early success of America and what came to be known as the American dream.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XVI] 334 pages. Tags: puritans united states influence industrial management history moral and ethical aspects kenneth hopper william first editions firsts printings 1st P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Home Cinema: A History and Review of the Projectors That Brought Movies Into the Home in the 20s and 30s by Gerald McKee (£51.00)Publisher: Gerrards Cross: Gerald McKee — 1989Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0951590502]Condition: Very Good. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs; Diagrams; Tables;

From the cover: “A guide for collectors of classic projectors, reviewing most of the narrow gauge machines sold in this country before World War II. It is also a history of movies in the home, covering such unusual attempts to popularise the hobby as camera/projectors, toy projectors and early home talkies using sound on disc.”Notes: Size: 10¾" x 7¾". [III] 121 pages. Tags: motion picture projectors collectors collecting, cinematography equipment collecting, amateur films, books written gerald mckee, 0951590502 P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?Neoclassicism in the North: Swedish Furniture and Interiors, 1770-1850: With a Catalog of Furniture Types and Styles and Notes on the Architects, Artists, and Craftsmen by Hakan Groth (£49.00)Publisher: London: Thames & Hudson — 1990Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0500236046]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper which is sunned at the join of the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; References; Frontispiece; Title page vignette; Plans;

From the cover: “When the twenty-three-year-old Crown Prince Gustaf returned from Versailles in 1771 to ascend the throne of Sweden, he was determined to give his country a leading place in Europe culturally as well as politically. The style that he fostered — Neoclassicism — was itself an international movement. There are echoes in the interiors displayed here of the Louis XVI and Empire modes; pieces of furniture may reflect French, English or German influences, or be copied from objects discovered at Pompeii — but all is suffused by a distinctively Swedish freshness and by the northern light.

From royal salons with exquisite Pompeian ornament to modest spatter-painted Biedermeier halls, Hakan Groth and Fritz von der Schulenburg open the doors on an astonishing sequence of interiors which will come as a revelation to all but a few fortunate travellers; some, intensely private, are little known even in Sweden. Fritz von der Schulenburg’s marvellously evocative photographs, all specially taken for this book, present in detail the decoration and furnishings of twenty houses and apartments. Hakan Groth traces the evolution of the Neoclassical style in Sweden, placing it in its wider European context, and explores each of the buildings and its history. Plans, and original drawings by the architects and designers, complete the picture. These beautiful interiors are of unique value today not only as evocations of the past and treasure-houses of superb craftsmanship but also as a stimulus to contemporary decorators, who are increasingly turning to Neoclassicism for inspiration, and as a reminder that an international language can be spoken in a delightfully personal way.”Notes: Illustrated by Fritz von der Schulenburg (Photos.). Size: 11½" x 9¼". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 224 pages. Tags: interior decoration history 18th century, 19th century, ornament neoclassicism, neoclassical sweden, furniture styles, architecture history sweden, art sweden, design home furnishing decorative arts, first edition books, books written hakan groth, books illustrated fritz von der schulenburg (photos.), 0500236046 P&P: UK 1st £7.50. UK 2nd £6.68. EU Surface £11.66. EU Air £11.60. ROW Surface £11.66. ROW Air £21.72Click Image or Pop Window?Caves of Ice: Diaries 1946 & 1947 by James Lees-Milne (£46.00)Publisher: London: Chatto & Windus The Hogarth Press — 1983Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0701126574]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine, a little tanned and spotted on the verso. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Contains: Portrait to the frontispiece; Photographic end papers & blanks;

From the cover: “James Lees-Milne’s wonderfully witty and evocative wartime diaries — Ancestral Voices and Prophesying Peace — described his perambulations around England on behalf of the National Trust, returning to London between trips to restore himself in more familiar or congenial company. Caves of Ice takes the story on into 1946 and ‘47, the wickedly cold winter of which is reflected in the title. Once again we find Mr Lees-Milne chugging up and down the country in his temperamental motor-car, calling on dilapidated country houses and their often eccentric owners. Back in London, he takes tea with Ivy Compton-Burnett and Margaret Jourdain (marvelling each time at their consumption of cakes), consorts with the Harold Nicolsons, the Pope-Hennessys, Sibyl Colefax, Nancy Mitford and the boisterous Randolph Churchill, makes gruelling trips to Sweden and Italy, and contemplates his own career with that self-deprecating wit and sense of the absurd that makes him so engaging, and so hilarious, a chronicler of his time. Combining learning lightly worn with social and literary gossip of the most compelling kind, Caves of Ice is also — in the words of A. L. Rowse, reviewing Ancestral Voices — ‘a contribution to the social history of the age’. It will reinforce Mr Lees-Milne’s reputation as the most vivid, original and tirelessly entertaining of diarists, and delight his army of admirers.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5½". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 276 pages. Tags: lees milne james diaries, national trust great britain, architectural historians biography, english 20th century biography, england social customs life, architecture criticism milne, biographies britain observations, country houses british isles, first edition books, books written james lees-milne, 0701126574 P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?Capability Brown by Dorothy Stroud (£43.00)Publisher: London: Faber & Faber — 1975Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 0571102670]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Price Clipped. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs; Black & white drawings; Portrait to the frontispiece; Illustrated endpapers and blanks; Title page vignette;

From the cover: “Dorothy Stroud has completely rewritten her famous book on Capability Brown, the doyen of English landscape architects in the eighteenth century, for this new edition. A great many discoveries have been made since it originally appeared in 1950, when it was a pioneering study. New documents and sources of information have come to light; new sites have been identified; old theories have been discarded and new ones have taken their place. At the same time, Brown’s reputation has soared — not least because of our increasing awareness of the unique character and vulnerability of the English landscape. What we now have may be regarded as the definitive work on Brown.

Capability Brown is biography, art history and vade mecum for the travelling Brown enthusiast combined in one. The chronological approach has been retained so that his multitudinous and varied landscape designs and architectural works up and down the country may be seen in proper relation to, for example, his initial struggle to gain recognition when he moved south, his accelerating success in the 1750s and 1760s, and his considerable influence — political as well as artistic — later on in his life. The main text is closely tied in with the comprehensive list of works and map at the end of the book. It can therefore be used as a work of reference if necessary.”Notes: Foreword or introduction by Christopher Hussey. Size: 10" x 7¾". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 262 pages. Tags: landscape gardening great britain history, landscape architects, gardens landscaping brown, gardens landscaping biographies, books written dorothy stroud, books introduced christopher hussey P&P: UK 1st £6.00. UK 2nd £5.95. EU Surface £9.06. EU Air £9.10. ROW Surface £9.06. ROW Air £16.72Click Image or Pop Window?Secret Hiding Places by Michael Hodgetts (£43.00)Publisher: Veritas — 1989Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 1853900796]Condition: Very Good+. Lower wrap and last few pages gently creased at the top corner otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Illustrated with B&W photographs. Secret hiding-places have a recognised niche in the mythology of the English country house. This solidly documented work of research traces both their history and their geography, incorporating much recent investigation of architectural and recusant history and throwing a vivid light on Tudor and Stuart politics and religion. It traces the geographical phenomenon of hide-clusters - network of priest-holes in houses linked by the kinship or friendship of their owners. It describes the amazing skill of Nicholas Owen, an Oxford carpenter who laboured for seventeen years to build hides for fugitive priests, and who died under torture, faithful to their secrets.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 267 pages. Tags: Hodgetts tudor priest stuart england politics priesthole P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?Abandoned Mansions of Ireland by Tarquin Blake (£42.00)Publisher: Wilton: The Collins Press — 2012Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 9781848890619]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: 3rd printing. [First Published: 2010] Illustrated by way of: Glossary; Vignette to the title page; Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs;

From the cover: “From the mid-eighteenth century Irish country houses flourished. Landowners generated easy income leasing land to tenants. As their wealth increased, so did the size of their country mansions. However, the Great Famine took its toll. Penniless tenants could not pay rent and estate owners found themselves in a precarious financial position. Later land reforms saw land ownership transferred directly to farmers. The houses, stripped of their land and income, fell into decline. During the War of Independence the mansions became an IRA target and many were deliberately burnt. For others, the increasing expense of maintenance made them unviable. Gradually, abandoned and forgotten, they sank into decay.

In 2008 Tarquin Blake found his first abandoned ‘Big House’ and began exploring the lost architecture of Ireland. Here he documents what is left of fifty mansion houses. Included are Mountpelier Lodge (the Dublin Hellfire Club), the birthplaces of Daniel O’Connell and the Duke of Wellington, and the one-time homes of Grace O’Malley and the Smithwicks of Kilkenny (brewers).

Brief histories of the houses and associated folklore tell of troubled times and private hardships. The inclusion of details from the 1911 Census offers a glimpse of the closing days of the aristocracy and their mansions. For example, the census records the owner of Lisheen House in Sligo as a Mr Owen Phibbs; occupation: Landed Proprietor; age 70. Mr Phibbs lived in the twenty-five rooms of his magnificent mansion house accompanied by a staff of five: a cook, parlour maid, housemaid, kitchen maid and laundress. By 1950 Lisheen House would be utterly abandoned. Today the fine carved stonework has almost disappeared under ivy.

From the cover: “For eleven years this country has been engaged in a war- a war against the Communist terrorists, the ‘CTs’, of Malaya. And though it is a war in which by now the enemy is contained and trapped, it is not yet over; the CTs are still a determined and active force, a hard-core army of fanatics who are fighting for survival with the cunning of cornered vermin. Like all wars which are limited in scope, go on for a long time, and happen far away, the war in Malaya has gradually faded from the newspapers, the wireless bulletins, the magazines. It is all too easy to forget that at this very moment, over thousands of square miles of jungle, British soldiers are in action – for although Malaya is an independent country, British and British-led soldiers, at the invitation of its Government, are still fighting there alongside their Malayan comrades.

Richard Miers — Brigadier R. C. H. Miers, D. S. O. and Bar, O. B. E. — is a born soldier who is a born writer. In Malaya he commanded the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers with conspicuous gallantry and success; and his book recaptures the very feel and pulse of the operations in which he — and the officers and men who fought with and under him — played a part. The painstaking planning, the waiting, the swift pounce at precisely the right moment — all these are here. And here, too, are the times of frustration and tedium, the times when nothing went right. But the dominant note throughout is the note of excitement -of exhilaration almost — at the doing superbly well of a difficult and often dangerous job.

It is a story we can all be proud of; and so exciting in itself and so grippingly told that it is un-put-down-able.”Notes: Jacket designed by Charles Mozley. Foreword or introduction by General Sir Francis Festing. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 216 pages. Tags: jungle warfare, malaya history, civil wars, colonial wars, guerilla counter surgency operations, resistance, military unit histories, armies great britain, malaysia, malaya, malayan emergency, british army infantry regiments, south wales borderers, 1st battalion borderers, first edition books, books written richard miers, books introduced general sir francis festing P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?Both the Ladies and the Gentlemen by William Donaldson (£38.00)Publisher: Talmy Franklin — 1975Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 090073535X]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Leans slightly. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise but slightly musty.Description: From the cover: “As I might well be the only ponce with a pen, it was of some importance that I keep a record of the various comings and goings. So speaks William Donaldson, old Wykehamist, Cambridge graduate, and producer of Beyond the Fringe, now a 38 year old gentleman ponce.

We meet the tempting Emma Jane (once Miss Crampton, typist), Black Dolores, and Big Elaine, a true professional, who remains at heart a country girl. According to WiIlie, she thinks sex a trifle rude and has therefore decided that charging for it is the least morally confusing thing to do.

The brothel does good business, and Willie takes time off to catalogue the constant flow of punters who include bank managers, cabinet ministers, showbiz artistes, chinless young men and, in particular, two ‘special ist’gonks,’Nigel the Schoolmaster’ and ‘British Intelligence’. Willie gives us a peek at these and other needy males caught in flagrante de/jcto with their trousers well and truly down.

Ah! The dolce vita and easy money go to Willie’s head. He plans to set up on his own and really hit the big time with a partouze — which is French for sharing it. Unfortunately, his club for discerning orgiastes folds after three nights and he returns, broke, to Emma Jane and a steady job.

From the cover: “One would suppose that during the terrible American economic Depression of the late Twenties and early Thirties there was not a lot to laugh about in the great U. S. of A.

All-pervasive helplessness and hopelessness, coupled with horrendous levels of poverty and unemployment would wipe the smile off anyone’s face — one would think. But one would be wrong.

Suicidal failed financiers might wait their turn to jump from the windows of Wall Street, but readers worldwide will already know that Betty MacDonald could always look adversity right in the face and spit in its eye. She did so when she and her young husband took a shortcut to bankruptcy called chicken-farming — hilariously described in The Egg and I — and she did so again when she went back to live with her mother with a failed chicken farm and a dead marriage behind her, desperate to find a living to earn in a country without any jobs.

But at least she had her indomitable sister Mary batting for her, running down every hint of a job opportunity, fixing appointments without consultation and catapulting Betty into one hilarious situation after another.

For Mary had always believed that ‘Anybody Can Do Anything — especially Betty’, and this joyfully funny book proves she was right!”Notes: Size: 8½" x 5¾". 206 pages. Tags: macdonald betty united states biography biographies social life history P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser by James Law (£33.00)Publisher: E. Menken — 1890Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Cover slightly rubbed at extremities, notably at crease of spine. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners. Inscription on ffep. Hinges a little weak. Top edges dusty. Internally clean & bright.Description: Green boards with gilt titling on spine. Illustrated with line drawings. A guide to the prevention of disease in domestic animals. Circa 1890. 2pp. Publishers advertisements to the rear.Notes: Size: 7½" x 4¾". 422 pages. Tags: horses cattle sheep country districts live stock pathology disinfection parasites pancreas spleen urinary organs mammary glands udder teats blood-vessels lymphatic P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?The South African Connection by Donald Tripp (£33.00)Publisher: Autoprint Publishing Company, Essex — 1985Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0947596046]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Promoters' sticker to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise. Description: From the cover: “This powerfully written, fast moving contemporary thriller with a political background, is set in South Africa and London. It concerns missing highly secret documents that could embarrass the South African Government. The Author who lived many years in South Africa has not only created the atmosphere of tension, intrigue and violence that exists in South Africa, but has given a masterly insight into the secret forces at work, both in that country and Europe in order to maintain White Afrikaander supremacy for all times. It tells of the sinister activities of the Bureau of State Security (B. O. S. S. ) and the Broederbond a secret Afrikaander society. This is an exciting story about Roger Skey, a private agent, who is sent to South Africa to track down and obtain the documents. and Moira de Villiers a beautiful B. O. S. S. agent. It also reveals the true views of many western politicians and business executives of international corporations who want South Africa to remain under the control of the ‘Whites’.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Pale Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 200 pages. Tags: fiction mystery south africa afrikaan secret services donald tripp 0947596046 first editions firsts printings 1st P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?A Testimony of Her Times: Based on Penelope Hind's Diaries and Correspondence 1787-1838 by Sarah Markham (£32.00)Publisher: Salisbury: Michael Russell — 1990Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Signed by the Author.[ISBN: 0859551741]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of both panels and now sealed in mylar. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Signed by the author, with dedication, on the half-title page — unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. Contains: Black & white photographs;

From the cover: “Drawing on the family papers which were the source of her admirable John Loveday of Caversham, Sarah Markham now introduces the succeeding generation, a portrait based on the diaries and correspondence of one of John Loveday’s daughters, Penelope Hind. It is full of quiet domestic detail: Penelope spent several years of widowhood near Hungerford before becoming, in 1808, the wife of the vicar of Findon in Sussex. Most interesting — and a rarity in such contemporary accounts — is the closely observed relationship between the diarist and the children of servants and villagers (a relationship that Professor Antony Cox analyses in a postscript). There is new information on Penelope’s friendship with the statesman William Windham, and she also records, through cuttings and correspondence from friends and relations, news from the wider world -there are some excellent vignettes of court life and, in particular, an enjoyably robust account of meeting Lord Byron. The eyewitness experience of the agricultural riots of the 18305, recounted in detail, tempers nostalgia for the country idyll. The incidence of mishap and bereavement reminds us, too, that illness in those days took an immeasurably harsher toll. Sarah Markham has marshalled her material skilfully and her supporting research is, as ever, impeccable. Her book is fairly titled A Testimony of Her Times, because that, without the distortions of great position or extremes of fortunate or adverse circumstance, is exactly what it is.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Grey boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [X] 245 pages. Tags: markham hind penelope correspondence diaries english 18th century 19th england social customs sources findon west sussex 0859551741 9780859551748 P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Challenge of Military Reform in Postcommunist Europe: Building Professional Armed Forces by Edited By Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds & Andrew Cottey (£32.00)Publisher: Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan — 2002Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0333946219]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Light spotting to the blanks and endpapers otherwise a very well presented copy. Description: Illustrated by way of: Tables;

From the cover: “This comparative study examines the challenges faced by countries of post-communist Europe in reforming and professionalizing their armed forces. It explores how the interaction of the common challenges of post-communism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries are shaping professionalization processes in this changing region.

The detailed country case studies in this volume, written by leading experts to a common analytical framework, compare the experiences of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia and Ukraine.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Grey boards with Silver titling to the Spine. In the One Europe Or Several? series. [X] 260 pages. Tags: one europe post-communism armed forces reorganization military policy history 20th century defence strategy planning research international political science security national ideologies communism socialism democracy 9780333946213 P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Rising Sun by H. L. V. Fletcher (£32.00)Publisher: MacDonald & Co. — 1951Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. DJ has several large tears, with loss, further creasing, a shabby appearance. Boards a little rubbed at extremities. Slightly shaken. Offset to endpapers. Text more than acceptable.Description: The author writes, as always, with great feeling for the Welsh Border country in which the tale is set, and presents a fine study of a man who never lost his courage in face of the heavy blows fate seemed to deal him and who eventually won through. An uncommon book.Notes: Jacket designed by C. W. Bacon. Size: 7½" x 5". 240 pages. Tags: welsh borders countryside fiction P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?All the Beasts of the Field by Sylvia Fenton (£31.00)Publisher: George Allen & Unwin — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0049250221]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Bruised at head of spine with commensurate ruffling to the dust wrapper. A very nice copy.Description: From the cover: “For thirty years, Sylvia Fenton nurtured a dream — a dream of leaving London, of buying a cottage in the country where she could indulge her passion for the countryside and provide a secure home for animals which needed help and protection. The animals are the real stars of the book, but Sylvia Fenton also writes of her discovery that country life is not all roses round the door — more like thistles round your ankles, nettles round your knees and mud up to your midriff.”Notes: Jacket designed by David Astin. Illustrated by David Astin. Size: 8¾" x 5½". 162 pages. Tags: observations personal animals culture 636.08 P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?Dorset Pilgrims: The Story of West Country Pilgrims Who Went to New England in the 17th Century by Frank Thistlethwaite (£31.00)Publisher: London: Barrie & Jenkins — 1989Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0712620125]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a light crease to the top corner of the upper panel. Slight lean. Top edge of the text block tanned. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Contains: Black & white plates; Maps; Genealogical tables; Appendices [2];

From the cover: “This is a book that skilfully blends the minutiae of scholarly research with a powerful narrative. It tells the tale of a small group of English Puritans who, in the early 17th century, set sail to find a new life and a new Church in New England. Brought together by the recruiting powers and visionary drive of the famous Dorchester clergyman, John White, these pilgrims — many of them West Country neighbours and some connected by marriage — embarked on their dangerous voyage. On 20 March 1630 the first of them boarded the Mary and John and set sail across the Atlantic to found Dorchester on Massachusetts Bay.

Thistlethwaite vividly evokes the shock of the inhospitable climate as the pilgrims struggled to survive. Like a hive of bees, they did not stay long where they had first settled but swarmed a second time. Within five years the greater part of the community had uprooted themselves and trekked through the New England wilderness to settle on its ‘frontier’, the Connecticut River. Here, in a single plantation they still persisted as that same close-knit West Country community. Many had their homelots and field strips next to the same Dorset neighbours. The lifestyle too, with apple orchards and cider, Devon cattle rearing and dairying, hemp and flax, preserved a West Country flavour. But inevitably the old ways had to be adapted. The book ends with the great Indian Revolt of 1675, and in describing how this crisis was met, the author shows how the passage of four decades had turned the children of Dorset pilgrims into pioneers of America’s moving frontier.

It is an exciting story, skilfully pieced together from parish records, from wills and inventories, land grants and conveyances, court and church records and the lucky chance of an occasional diary or bundle of letters. Out of this fragmentary material, the author has convincingly recreated the experience of the pilgrims, bringing them to life across the centuries.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Olive boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [IX] 294 pages. Tags: thistlethwaite puritans england history 17th century west emigration immigration united states country colonial period dorset american colonies 9780712620123 P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?Hands to Dance by Charles Causley (£31.00)Publisher: London: Carroll & Nicholson — 1951Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn with a chip to the foot of the upper panel, a stain to the foot of the lower, and tanned overall. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Pages lightly age-tanned. Description: From the cover: “In this remarkable first collection of long and short stories, Charles Causley writes with wit and gusto and imaginative power not only of the Navy (in which he spent nearly six years), but also of his native Cornwall. The stories range from the deceptively peaceful market-towns of the West of England to the life of the matelot in Gibraltar, West Africa, the islands of the Mediterranean, Alexandria and Australia. He captures with zest and an infectious enthusiasm such diverse characters as the fantastic Captain Exe, Goldie: the apprehensive ex-p. o. w. , an ill-assorted Spanish family (in Adios, Gibraltar), a whole array of old Naval “sweats,” and pins them down on the paper alive and kicking.

We predict a considerable future for this lively young author whom Henry Williamson has described in The Adelphi, as “a born writer” and of whom J. C. Trewin has written in The West Country Magazine: He is a major discovery in the literature of the West of England.”Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [X] 222 pages. Tags: short stories, english, naval unit histories, great britain, second world war, ranks training schools, hms royal arthur, first edition books, books written charles causley P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?The Caterpillar Cop by James McClure (£31.00)Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz — 1972Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0575015128]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.Description: From the cover: “For James McClure’s second book, the South African town of Trekkersburg is again the setting, and that highly original team, Lieutenant Kramer (white) and Sergeant Zondi (black), are again the detectives. A twelve-year-old boy, Boetie, is found strangled and mutilated in a wood on the edge of the Country Club. Is it the work of a sex maniac? Or was it made to look that way?”Notes: Size: 8" x 5". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 256 pages. Tags: trompie fictitious fiction, police south africa fiction, african writers, african crime mystery, detective crime, first edition books, written james mcclure P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?The American Century: People, Power and Politics: An Illustrated History by Harold Evans with Gail Buckland & Kevin Baker (£30.00)Publisher: Jonathan Cape — 1998Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0224052179]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Illustrated endpapers and blanks;

From the cover: “The British may have claimed the 19th century by force, and the Chinese may cast a long shadow over the 21st, but the 20th century belongs to the United States. This is the premise behind Harold Evans’s robust, sweeping, spectacularly illustrated account of the people and events that gave rise to America’s political and cultural dominance.

Evans begins in the 1880s, when it was still uncertain whether America, with its diverse peoples, manifold beliefs and impossible ideals, would even survive its own democratic experiment or manage to reconcile an increasingly headlong materialism with the original virtues of the Republic. He shows how, from that time forward, the citizens of the United States saw increases in wealth and personal freedom unequalled in history, paralleled by the growing power and influence of the country abroad. He covers upheavals and victories with succinct and insightful prose, aided by a splendid array of 900 fresh, remarkable images. Here are the Presidents, nineteen of them, from a Civil War general to a movie star; here are Al Capone and J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King and the Ku Klux Klan.

The American Century is an epic work, an incomparable telling of the rise of the most powerful nation in the world.”Notes: Size: 11½" x 9¼". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XXIII] 710 [1] pages. Tags: united states history 20th century political and cultural dominance social usa politics government P&P: UK 1st £10.50. UK 2nd £9.24. EU Surface £16.86. EU Air £16.60. ROW Surface £16.86. ROW Air £31.72Click Image or Pop Window?Bailbrook by Bryan Little (£28.00)Publisher: Southall: IAL — 1979Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0906452015]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Previous owners' gift inscription to the pastedown. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Plates; Black & White Plates; Maps; Plans;Notes: Size: 6½" x 8½". Matching Pictorial boards. 37 pages. Tags: little 0906452015 bailbrook house england bath avon country houses P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?SPQR by Paul Hyde Bonner (£28.00)Publisher: Derek Verschoyle — 1953Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with rubbing at the spine ends and corners. Knocked at the bottom corner of the lower board. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Tanning to the blanks. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: From the cover: “It was the brand of ancient Rome and it stood for Senatus Popiihisqiie Romanus. The letters proclaimed that whatever was thus labelled was Rome’s property; today they still appear on objects owned by the city. And today Rome still puts this mark on its captives, as Lovat Fraser, First Secretary of the American Embassy, discovers.

He has been warned about the Roman virus. “Never get deeply involved in a Roman love affair or really entangled in the life of a Roman”, said a wise colleague; “for once you do that, you will cease to serve your country and will serve only them”. As the story opens, wise counsel has prevailed for a long time. But Fraser is young, healthy and unmarried. Suddenly his control breaks completely. Within a few days the startled diplomat finds himself involved with not one but two Roman women (one is American-born, it is true, but she has become Roman to the core). Dazzled by the brilliance of Roman society, the splendour of the palaces, and, above all, by the charms of the beautiful Duchess of Lanza, Fraser throws caution to the winds. In the weeks that follow he is swept along by an intricate chain of events which includes the unmasking of a Communist agent and a murder. For a while he believes that his career is in jeopardy; but the spell breaks just in time, and this witty and sophisticated novel ends on a cheerful note.

Paul Hyde Bonner writes of Rome and its surrounding Campagna with great descriptive skill, and his readers will find long before they reach the end that they too have fallen under the spell of the Eternal City.”Notes: Size: 8" x 5". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 274 pages. Tags: historical chronicles narration chronicle narrative storyline medieval earlier ancient account history england fiction stories middle period bygone legend annals times olden fable story tale saga ages days yore myth past one day old P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Heritage of French Cookery by Annie Hubert-Bare (£28.00)Publisher: Limited Editions — 1993Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0091781760]Condition: Good+. Knocked at head, tail and corners. Gently faded at the spine. Offset from the frontis on the title page. Text bright and tight otherwise.Description: Recipes by The Scotto Sisters. From the introduction: “French cuisine has influenced every Western cuisine, to the extent that it has become an international symbol of prestige and quality. This grand culinary tradition, many centuries old, is an integral part of our culture. But by what route did France become the cradle of gastronomy? Certainly, this magnificent country is blessed with one of the most temperate of climates and an extraordinary abundance and diversity of produce from its different regions. But the existence of one of the world’s greatest gastronomies cannot be explained simply by the presence of fine produce; it needs its practitioners. Many people through the centuries have helped effect a slow transformation, and forged the characteristics of a tradition of fine cooking and eating that continues to evolve today.” Pictorial boards.Notes: Size: 13½" x 9¾". 256 pages. Tags: pork poultry game carving cuisine french culinary beauvais cheeses gastronomy fontainebleau grande cuisine spices roux food preparation cuisine bourgeoist marin menon parisian cafes camembert gourmands suppers french cooking cordon bleu P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Treacle Mine Affair by D. E. Tucker (£28.00)Publisher: The Book Guild — 1993Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0863328407]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Slight tanning to the edges of the text block otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: From the cover: “One summer the inhabitants of Bincombe begin to behave strangely. They do not know they have been ‘pixillated’ by a peculiar effluent from the local disused lead workings, which include the oddly named ‘Treacle Mine’.

When Peg and Robin join their country cousins Helen and Adrian at Up-hill Farm for the holidays they form an intrepid team to unravel the fate of some stolen cattle and the mystery of the mine. They become entangled in an adventure much more dangerous and exciting than anything they had bargained for. For instance, Adrian’s Geiger counter shows such disturbing results on samples of water that radioactivity adds a frightening threat to the adventure. Strangers invade the village, headed by a master criminal called ‘The Octopus’. They are obviously up to no good and the daring quartet decide to infiltrate the Roman Cavern — scene of the crooks’ nefarious activities.

The boys make an horrific underground descent through a swallow-hole, but their dangerous attempt only raises more questions as to what dreadful scheme the gang are actually involved in. A good deal of hard work on a steam traction engine, plus the loyal support of their dog Shep, enables the cousins to penetrate the villains’ defences and uncover a wicked intrigue which threatens even more than the well-being of the village.

The final part of the adventure takes them into awesome underground passages, where stalagmites and stalactites provide a surrealistic setting for a crime which has distinctly contemporary significance. This thrilling narrative not only gives the reader an exciting mystery to solve — it also provides rich information on country living and on some of the environmental issues that concern us today.”Notes: Jacket designed by Louise Gardner. Size: 8¾" x 5½". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 167 pages. Tags: action activity adolescent adult adventure adventurers american anglo animals authors beasts bestseller books bookshelf british brothers child childish children’s childrens children's christian classics curriculum education enduring english escapade exciting exploit fairy-tale family famous fantasy fiction forces full-length historical history hunter imaginary imagination invented journey joy junior juvenile kid kingdom language legend literary literature made-up magic magical minor modern mystery mystical narrative national novels people period person places plays pleasure pre-school pretend quality readers reading realism science short stories story storyline syllabus tale talking teen teenagers toddler voyage works writing written young younger youngsters youth youthful P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Urban Estate Management by W. A. Leach (£28.00)Publisher: Estates Gazette — 1946Binding: Hardback First Edition. Condition: Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding, slight fraying at the spine ends. Gently faded at the spine and onto the rather dulled boards. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned. Loan plate to the pastedown. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: Notes: Size: 8½" x 5½". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 468 pages. Tags: compensation distribution quinquennial instructions preservation restrictions prescription agricultural overcrowding alterations sub-letting authorities trespassers development obstructive legislation enforcement boundaries structural leaseholds deductions agreements provisions structures properties rentcharge sanitation apartments licensees freeholds cesspools verminous tenancies factories ownership buildings easements furnished property drainage boundary premises invitees managers highways schedule planning purchase workers’ industry licences P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?Australia: Land of Many Dreams by Lyall Rowe (£27.00)Publisher: Colour Library Books For Gordon & Gotch — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 086283158X]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dustwrapper. Small crease at top edge of lower panel. Slipcase slightly scuffed in a couple of places. A pleasing copy.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “For a country which can claim less than a century of nationhood Australia has a fantastic history which has the power to fascinate and enthral. Many thousands of years ago the very first Australians made their way to the vast southern continent on fragile rafts and boats. The nomadic Aborigines created a lifestyle which was rich in culture, but which made little use of the land's vast potential. Intriguing insights into the story of this nation and the character of the people are provided by the fascinating text and glorious full-colour photographs in this book.”Notes: Size: 11" x 13". Brown boards with Orange titling to the Spine & Upper Board. Tags: australia aborigines captain cook new south wales captain james cook cape york queensland van diemen’s land tasmania victoria northern territory norfolk island cocos keeling islands christmas island coral sea island macdonnell islands australian antarctic territory southern hemisphere climatic conditions western australia queensland great dividing range commonwealth parliament kanakas gold rush immigration restriction act anzac day canberra tasmania joseph lyons hobart flying doctor service qantas australian labor party burley griffin sir joseph cook sydney harbour P&P: UK 1st £9.75. UK 2nd £9.24. EU Surface £15.56. EU Air £15.35. ROW Surface £15.56. ROW Air £29.22Click Image or Pop Window?Fifty Somerset Churches by R. W. [Robert William] Dunning (£27.00)Publisher: Tiverton: Somerset Books — 1996Binding: Paperback Signed by the Author.[ISBN: 0861833090]Condition: Near Fine. Description: Signed by the author on the title page — unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. Contains: Black & white photographs; Black & white drawings; Maps [1];Notes: Size: 9½" x 7". [VIII] 209 pages. Tags: dunning churches somerset architecture buildings west country 0861833090 9780861833092 P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Edifice by Kole Omotoso (£27.00)Publisher: Heinemann — 1971Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0435906356]Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Price Clipped. DJ a little edgeworn with some slight nicks and faded at spine. Price Clipped. Scuff to front pastedown. Internally bright and clean.Description: From the cover: “This is a novel about a black student in a white man's country and a white woman in a black man’s country. Dele is a student at a university in the United Kingdom; he has shone academically at a Nigerian university. He finds it hard to accept the coldness of the climate and the attitudes. His previous academic achievements are counted as slightly second-rate and ‘liberal’ whites prove racially prejudiced at heart. However, he meets Daisy, a white girl who accepts him and loves him for what he is. Life becomes bearable and they marry.”Notes: Size: 8" x 5½". Purple boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 121 pages. Tags: black student nigerian university liberal whites racially prejudiced marriage crumbling returned nigeria politics P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?British Technicolor Films by John Huntley (£26.00)Publisher: London: Skelton Robinson — 1949Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a small hole near the join of the lower panel. Dust wrapper now protected in a removable mylar sleeve. Previous owners' name to the first blank. Pages deeply tanned by age. Description: Publishing date unstated, dated from references. Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour plates [1];

From the cover: “British Technicolor Films is the only book in existence that deals with the story of Technicolor Films and their progress in this country.

The story of every feature film from the first one ever made in Britain right up to the present is told and there is an interesting section dealing with Technicolor short films.

There is a large reference section at the back of the book, for those technically inclined, which deals with the intricacies and actual processes involved in the manufacture and reproduction of Technicolor.

There is also a list of all the Technicolor films ever made in this country as well as a Who’s Who of all those employed in this specialised branch of the British Film Industry. In fact the whole book is nothing less than a complete report on the Technicolor film which will satisfy the enthusiast and expert alike.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5½". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 224 pages. Tags: color motion pictures, picture plays, great britain, first edition books, books written john huntley P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?Come Into the Country by Gerard Young (£26.00)Publisher: London & Hinckley: Samuel Walker — 1946Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a small stain to the upper panel, slightly loose overall. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned. Description: 3rd impression. [First Edition: 1943] Illustrated by way of: Black & White Drawings [24]; Fold-Out Maps [1];Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Orange boards with Black titling to the Spine. 254 pages. Tags: young country england sussex social customs P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?How to Live and Work in Belgium: A Handbook for Short and Longstay Visitors by Marvina Shilling (£26.00)Publisher: How To — 1991Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0746305648]Condition: Very Good.Description: Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). 143 pages. Tags: about abroad accommodation acts adapt and antwerp arrival before belgium belgium's brussels business care carries common companies country courtesies customs doing driving education etc general ghent guide handbooks health host household how information institutions international language leaving leisure liege lifestyles living manuals many market medical multilingual nato overview pointers schools self-help successfully the travel working P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?A Book of Britain: The Lore, Landscape and Heritage of a Treasured Countryside by Johnny Scott (£25.50)Publisher: Collins — 2010Binding: Hardback First Edition. [ISBN: 0007288158]Condition: Very Good. Light ripple to the covering of the upper board and a slight lean. A nice copy. Description: Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs; Colour Drawings;

From the cover: “In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions. Over its 600 gloriously illustrated pages, Johnny draws on his wisdom and knowledge to reveal a forgotten culture, and encourages us all to rediscover a beautiful Britain.”Notes: Illustrated by Cristian Barnett (Photos.). Size: 11¼" x 8½". Decorative boards. 598 pages. Tags: 9780007288151 Country life, Great Britain, Natural history, History General History, Reference, Europe Great Britain General, History Europe Great Britain, Reference Trivia, The countryside, country life, Europe Great Britain, Trivia, Unit P&P: UK 1st £10.50. UK 2nd £9.24. EU Surface £16.86. EU Air £16.60. ROW Surface £16.86. ROW Air £31.72Click Image or Pop Window?The Valley of a Thousand Deaths by Conrad H. Sayce [Jim Bushman] (£25.50)Publisher: Blackie & Son — UndatedBinding: Hardback [ISBN: B001AGOKQI]Condition: Good+. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with rubbing to the same. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: A novel set in the outback of Australia.Notes: Illustrated by W. E. Wightman. Size: 7½" x 5". Decorative boards. In the Blackie's Books For Boys series. 256 pages. Tags: bushman-trooper water-holes adolescents full-length molesworth king-smith historical corrupting literature children’s pre-school destroying curriculum bestseller oodnadatta adolescent australian charlotte bookshelf childrens carpenter imaginary education catherine cresswell australia katherine christian trooper’s camp-fire adventure youngster narrawing classics coolidge andersen children kathleen margaret mystical language pleasure juvenile enduring european humphrey instinct brothers pioneers american literary P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?Beyond The Vale by Ron Frampton (£24.00)Publisher: Churchill — 2004Binding: Paperback First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Previous owners inscription to ffep otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Illustrated with B&W photographs. Limited Edition of 2500. features the work of twenty West Country photographers. The images reflect personal feelings and evoke a place of mystery, legend, history and great beauty. The images depict buildings, people and the landscape within an area of Dorset, Devon and Somerset. Eighteen Wessex tales are included, covering both people and buildings. Shepherds, fisherman, carpenters, farmers and country characters tell their stories, alongside their portraits. Mills, chapels, tithe barns, almshouses and tollhouses are amongst the buildings photographed and their stories recorded.Notes: Size: 10¾" x 8¾". 173 pages. Tags: West Country Wessex Devon Somerset Dorset P&P: UK 1st £5.25. UK 2nd £5.95. EU Surface £7.76. EU Air £7.85. ROW Surface £7.76. ROW Air £14.22Click Image or Pop Window?Design and Build Your Own Doll's Houses by Beryl Armstrong (£24.00)Publisher: Apple Press — 1995Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 1850766401]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Slight rubbing to the head of both the dust wrapper and the boards. Text complete, clean and tight. A nice, tight copy.Description: Reprint. [First: 1993] Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “The world of doll’s houses is an exciting and magical one and when you build your own house you are limited only by your imagination. You can create in miniature whatever you want — a palatial mansion, an old farmhouse, a country cottage or a shop. Design and Build Your Own Doll’s Houses gives you all the information you need to achieve this. There is one simple principle upon which the construction of a whole house is based and that is building a box. It is clearly explained at the beginning of the book and once you have grasped this you can go on to create a house as simple or elaborate as you wish. Design and Build Your Own Doll’s Houses guides you through the whole building process — making the basic box structure, adding the internal walls, floors and ceilings and putting on the roof and front. It includes detailed information on how to build staircases, doors, windows, fireplaces and how to wire and decorate your house. Techniques for every conceivable feature are explained with the aid of step-by-step photographs, and as many alternative methods are given as possible so that you can adapt them to suit your own requirements. This book is full of inspiring and useful ideas and advice on how to avoid common pitfalls. There is a suggested work schedule to help you organise and order the construction, and at the end you will have your own unique house, awaiting only furniture and inhabitants.”Notes: Size: 9" x 11¾". Blue boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 96 pages. Tags: and architrave assembling attic banisters barge barn bars baseboard basement basic bathroom bay birch blinds block boards box breast brickwork bulbs carpet ceiling chimney choice circuit clamp clubs connector construction copper covering coving craft cupboard curtains curved cut decorating depth design designing dividers dollhouses dolls doorknobs doors doorways dormer double drill P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?Lugard in Africa by A. A. [Arthur Alexander] Thomson & Dorothy Middleton (£23.00)Publisher: London: Robert Hale — 1959Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little loss to the head of both panels and damp stain to the reverse. Upper board damp stained. Leans. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps;

From the cover: “HERE is the real-life adventure story of a man who landed in Africa at the age of thirty, disappointed in love, thwarted in ambition, and almost penniless. Destiny drew him adventuring to Lake Nyasa, where he organised a handful of traders and missionaries in their fight against the Arab slave traders and led them single-handed in a night-attack on the enemy stockade. Undeterred by a wound that pained him all the rest of his life, he blazed a trail to the Kingdom of Buganda, pressed on into virtually unknown territories further north, and, in a later journey, trekked to the heart of the savage Kalahari Desert. Then, at thirty-eight, he found his true life’s task in Nigeria, where he raised the West Africa Frontier Force, curbed the cruel and turbulent Emirs of the North and, in the years that followed, laid the foundations of good government on which the country has grown into a modern state with democratic institutions, looking forward to complete independence.

This man was Frederick Dealtry, Lord Lugard, the first and perhaps the greatest of Britain’s colonial administrators. Yet renowned as he was for his tremendous administrative achievements in West Africa, he was no ready-made governor, tailored in Whitehall. Nothing among his later successes is more vital and enthralling than the tale of those early African years — years of hardship and loneliness borne with incredible courage.

From the cover: “Long before Alfred became King of England, there was a mighty Arab empire in the East. For the Arabs, inspired by the teachings of Mohammed, had swept out of the barren deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and conquered country after country. Their lands stretched from Gibraltar to China, and for a while Baghdad was the crossroads of the world. Fur traders from the steppes of Russia mingled with spice merchants from India and China in the great bazaars.

This authoritative book brings alive for children and their parents the Golden Age of the Arab Empire which ended violently many hundreds of years ago, but preserved for us much of the learning of Greece and the ancient world.”Notes: Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. Size: 9½" x 6¼". Fawn boards with Brown titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 124 pages. Tags: arabs history middle east politics and government the arab world today chronological chart golden age empire mohammed prophet harry bearse ellis leonard everett fisher first editions firsts printings 1st P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?The Sea Coast by J. A. [James Alfred] Steers (£23.00)Publisher: Collins — 1954Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper has been sealed in mylar which has tanned with age. Pages very gently age-tanned. Description: 2nd (revised & corrected) printing. [First Published: 1953] Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs [10]; Diagrams; Maps [52];

From the cover: “Are there many Britons who have never seen the sea? Everybody knows the answer to this question: the sea is part of our British life, the coast of Britain a great strip of incredible length upon which its trade, commerce, empire and industry have risen. Britain’s coast is Britain’s life. This book is a natural history of that coast — a natural history in the broadest sense.

Apart from its length and complexity Britain’s coastline is unique in many other ways; Indeed, there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. No island, no country is so rich in contrasts. The British coasts have everything, from towering cliffs rising a thousand feet and more sheer from deep water, to miles of tidal slobs and flats, restless shingle spits, shifting beaches moving sand-dunes, immobile rock headlands. The extraordinary consequences of a varied climate and a complicated geology are shown in Britain’s coasts, even more effectively than in her fascinating inland scenery.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 6¼". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. In the New Naturalist series. [XII] 276 pages. Tags: coasts great britain natural history sea ecology james alfred steers new naturalist P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Tom-Toms in the Night by Attilio Gatti (£23.00)Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. — 1932Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding, a little tanned and soiled. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned and spotted.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs. 3rd Impression.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5". Orange boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 285 pages. Tags: man-eating lions chief xipooso bantu-simba voodoo secret society the lion men smell ceremony african elephant gorilla country mambuti pygmies moami ngagi tuadekili kulumkulu wills zulu wedding commander attilio gam hunters indonas witch doctor sukumbana suakini assegai python bobojanni mtembos tarote fighting warriors knives scrapers points arrows spears wildebeeste zululand P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22Click Image or Pop Window?Touristic Guide Of Lebanon by Emir Gilbert Chehab (£23.00)Publisher: Ghassibe & Berbarry — UndatedBinding: Paperback Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. A slightly dog-eared copy with some toning to the margins of the leaves. Binding weakening at the rear. Promotional, ribboned, bookmark included.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs & maps. From the cover: “Lebanon’s name derives from the Aramaic word (Loubnane) which means white. White like its mountains and peaks covered with snow. With its 10452 square kilometres, Lebanon is as “big” as a French department and slightly bigger than Cyprus. But what distinguishes this country from the neighbouring ones is its climate, vegetation and aspect. You need one hour on the road (a bit more with traffic jams) to leave the coast where you could swim in the blue waters and reach Faraya the famous ski station and ski down its snowy slopes. The sight of how many caves, valleys, plains and headlands meet your eyes while driving throughout this country! The bible mentioned “Lebanon” many times and according to some Lebanese chauvinists the earthly paradises resided here, others called it the country of the Dolce Vita, while others called its capital Beirut the small Paris. In this country of free exchange, you could, without any restriction and without paying any commission, change your money into the currency you choose. Bank secrecy being the most developed, you could make all stock market transactions without control or supervision, even justice could not interfere to inquire about your transactions or accounts without your approval. An important characteristic is that the Lebanese citizen cares for the tourist, is hospitable, ready to be useful and will even travel voluntarily to show you a place or welcomes you in his house for coffee and provides you the information you seek. Visit Lebanon and you will be pleasantly satisfied.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 215 pages. Tags: archaeological bibliography restaurants handicrafts appartments hospitals furnished embassies discovery agencies airlines lebanese kesrouan cooking lebanon resorts byblos dances hotels baabda beirut diners chouf banks bekaa beach taxis jbail sites aley metn rent P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Village Diary by Miss Read (£23.00)Publisher: Michael Joseph — 1958Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: B0000CJT6X]Condition: Good - in Good DJ. DJ a little faded with light edgewear notable to head and tail. Slightly sprung. Foredges spotted. Top edges of text block dusty. Text bright and tight. Previous owners inscription to ffep.Description: Second Impression. From the flap: “As I have been given a large and magnificent diary for Christmas — seven by ten and nearly two inches thick — I intend to fill it in as long as my ardour lasts. Further than that I will not go. There are quite enough jobs that a schoolmistress just must do… Luckily for her readers, Miss Read's ardour lasts all year, encompassing every aspect of Fairacre life. Whether embroiled unwillingly in her friend Amy's marital hiccups, discussing the changing world with Miss Clare or the modern problems of good local education and rural impoverishment with the schools inspector and the doctor, she remains balanced, humorous and wise — and never forgets either her most important charge, the mixed bag of children in her school, or the joys of the changing seasons.”Notes: Size: 8" x 5½". 255 pages. Tags: chronicles much-loved characters historical colourful intrigues chronicle narrative storyline narration classics medieval downland england stories 823.914 dweller country village earlier ancient account history fiction quirky nature astute annals legend bygone period middle olden times rural heart fable story daily P&P: UK 1st £2.84. UK 2nd £2.52. EU Surface £3.86. EU Air £4.10. ROW Surface £3.86. ROW Air £6.72Click Image or Pop Window?Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House by Joanna Martin (£23.00)Publisher: London & New York: Hambledon & London — 2004Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1852852712]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs; Maps; Genealogical tables;

From the cover: “Wives and Daughters is a portrait of the world of women inside the country houses that symbolised the power and taste of eighteenth-century Britain. If men dominated public life, their wives were responsible for the household, bringing up children, entertaining, employing servants, nursing and dispensing charity. They also kept closely in touch by letter with family news, comments on books, remedies and gardening tips, as well as the latest gossip. The women of the powerful Fox Strangways family, headed by the Whig Earls of Ilchester, have left an exceptional record of their lives in the great Wessex houses, including Redlynch, Melbury, Bowood and Lacock, into which the girls of the family married over several generations.

Wives and Daughters traces the lives of individual women. Courtship, marriage and childbirth, education, houses and gardens, reading, hobbies, travel and health were only some of the women’s many interests and preoccupations.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XX] 454 pages. Tags: wessex history 18th century, upper class women, country homes, nobility great britain century, manners customs, social conditions, aristocracy britain, first edition books, books written joanna martin, 1852852712 P&P: UK 1st £6.00. UK 2nd £5.95. EU Surface £9.06. EU Air £9.10. ROW Surface £9.06. ROW Air £16.72Click Image or Pop Window?Economics of Planned Development by Nathaniel Lichfield (£22.50)Publisher: The Estates Gazette — 1968Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded, sunned gently at the spine. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Text bright and tight.Description: Illustrated. covered the syllabus of "Economic and Financial Aspects of Town Planning and Development" in the final examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, or "Economics of Land Use" m the final examination of the Town Planning Institute. It forms the first attempt in this country to deal comprehensively with economic aspects of town and country planning within one pair of covers. It will, therefore, interest not only the student but also the practitioner concerned with town planning, whether in the planning or other departments of local authorities or in private offices.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 460 pages. Tags: Lichfield local authorities Town Planning P&P: UK 1st £3.92. UK 2nd £2.30. EU Surface £6.46. EU Air £6.60. ROW Surface £6.46. ROW Air £11.72Click Image or Pop Window?Practical Magic — A Book of Transformations, Spells & Mind Magic by Marian Green (£22.50)Publisher: Lorenz — 2001Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0754807444]Condition: Very Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges with a 1" tear to the foot of the leading edge of the lower panel. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: From the cover: “The ancient traditional arts of healing, foretelling the future and discovering the power of ancient gods and goddesses within have too often been mislaid or abandoned over the centuries. Now, with the advent of the Age of Aquarius, people are turning back to the old ways, and are searching out the natural magical elements that were once a part of everyday life. These all but forgotten skills have never

really left us, and can be mastered once again by working with traditional exercises and techniques. This book is based on the truths of natural magic, that honour Nature and her cycles, and also on the individual powers of insight and farseeing that we all have within us.

Learn how to draw power from the cycles of the moon, creation myths and astrology. How, by matching our hectic lives with more ancient cycles, we can create oases of calm and peace through simple exercises that awaken the planets’ subtle energies. Practical Magic offers an in depth look at the traditions of rite and ritual, the cyclical nature of society’s celebrations and practical advice on devising new workings for all occasions. As well as instructions on such matters as making incense or a talisman, learning to dowse and dedicate an altar, there are also more advanced levels of magic work — enhancing your psychic abilities, successful astral travel, creative visualization and inner sight.